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36535. Bellucia costaricensis Cogniaux. Papaturro agrio. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle. Department of 

 Agriculture. Received October 27, 1913. 

 "Shrub with large flowers and yellow fruits of the size of a gooseberry, and with 

 strongly pronounced taste, between sweet and sour. Known only in the valley of 

 Diquis, and the name given it by Werckle does not appear very appropriate." {Pit- 

 tier, Las Plantes Usuales de Costa Rica, 1908.) 



36536 to 36545. 



From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. Raphael Zon, of the U. S. Forest 

 Ser\'ice, who secured them from Mr. W. A. Dubiansky, Imperial Botanic Gar- 

 den, Petrograd. Received October 25, 1913. 

 36538 to 36540. Calligoxum spp. 



36536. Calligonum arborescexs Litw. 

 ' ' Trans-Caspian Kara Kum. ' ' 



Distribution. — A shrub about 10 feet high, found in the region of south- 

 western Asia east of the Caspian Sea. This species and the one following 

 have proved excellent sand binders in Turkestan. (See S. P. I. Nos. 9583 

 and 9594.) 



36537. Calligoxum caput-medusae rubicun^dum Herder. 

 "Trans-Caspian Kara Kum." 



36538. Calligoxum caput-medusae Schrenk. 

 * ' Trans-Caspian Kara Kum. 



36539. Calligoxum eriopodum Bunge. 

 "Trans-Caspian Kara Kum." 



36540. Calligoxum setosum Litw. 

 "Trans-Caspian Kara Kum." 



36541. Elymus sp. 



"A good fodder grass which stands a great deal of alkali in the soil, but requires 

 some moisture." {Zon.) 



36542 to 36544. Elaeagxus angusttfolia L. Oleaster. 



36542. "Forma spontanea Litw. Stands alkali and sandy soil well." 

 {Zon.) 



36543. "Forma sphaerocarpa Litw. Buchara. It is not afraid of fi'osts; 

 grows equally well on very alkaline and shifting sands. The fruit is 

 less palatable than that of E. angustifolia forma cuUa or E. angustifolia 

 spontanea.'' {Zon.) 



36544. "Forma culta Litw. Trans-Caspian prairie, Buchara. In gar- 

 dens on sandy soils of the valley of the River Amu-Darya. Fairly palat- 

 able edible fruit." {Zon.) 



36545. Aeluropus littoralis (Gouan) Pari. 



"A splendid grass for sands. It yields hay of high quality; is not afi'aid of 

 very hea\'^^ frosts . ' ' {Zon . ) 



36546 to 36548. Ayexa satiya L. Oat. 



From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. Basil Benzin, Department of Agri- 

 culture. Received February 12, 1913. 



